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Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton set the pace in the second practice session (FP2) at the Spanish Grand Prix, with a lap time of 1m13.264s, as Red Bull’s Max Verstappen struggled to find his rhythm. However, digging deeper into the times reveals that Verstappen and his team are not panicking, with a significant set-up change planned for Saturday that is expected to bring both one-lap and long-run gains.

Ferrari has accelerated its latest Formula 1 upgrade package to the Spanish Grand Prix, comprising seven new components, but denies the decision was a reaction to the team’s struggles in Canada. The Italian marque’s Senior Performance Engineer Jock Clear explains the reasoning behind the early upgrade deployment.

In a stunning turn of events, Mercedes-AMG F1 Team Principal Toto Wolff has revealed that the police are currently investigating an anonymous email that accused the team of deliberately sabotaging Lewis Hamilton’s car. Wolff has stressed that the team is taking this matter seriously and has called in the authorities to get to the bottom of this alarming conspiracy theory.